Cookies

Users who visit a Falcon site may receive some or all of the Google Analytics cookies if the site administrator has enabled them (whether or not they authenticate).

Sites may embed third-party material (e.g. YouTube videos) and these may carry their own cookies. You must refer to the site's local cookie policy to determine what cookies are being set and for what purpose.

Sites may include 'ShareThis' social media buttons, which will carry cookies if the user has a 'ShareThis' account enabled.

Users who authenticate will receive cookies from the Raven/Shibboleth authentication system.

Cookie

Returned to

Function

P/S*

__utma

Falcon site

Google Analytics

P

__utmb

Falcon site

Google Analytics

P

__utmc

Falcon site

Google Analytics

S

__utmz

Falcon site

Google Analytics

P

_ga

Falcon site

Google Universal Analytics

P

_gat

Falcon site

Google Universal Analytics

P

_shibsession_...

shib.raven.cam.ac.uk

Authentication

S

Ucam-WLS-Session

shib.raven.cam.ac.uk

Authentication

S

JSESSIONID

shib.raven.cam.ac.uk

Authentication

S

_idp_session

shib.raven.cam.ac.uk

Authentication

S

_ZopeId

Falcon site

Session management

S

__unam
__uset
__stid

Set by "ShareThis" widget if it is embedded on the site. The ShareThis service can identify a visitor if they have separately signed up with ShareThis for a ShareThis account (and provided their consent). This information may be used to display advertisements on sites that include the ShareThis sharing icon - See 'ShareThis' privacy statement.

Social Media buttons

P

*Final column: S marks a session cookie. P marks a persistent cookie.

Session cookies expire when the user quits the browser (or earlier).

Persistent cookies remain within the browser after it is quit and restarted, until they reach their expiry date.